The scattering mechanism of squall lines with C-Band dual polarization radar.Part Ⅰ:echo characteristics and particles phase recognition

Squall line is a kind of common mesoscale disaster weather.At present,there are few studies on the elaborate detection of squall line by dual polarization radar.With the dual polarization upgrade of weather radar network,we need to study the relationship between squall line echoes of base data and polarization data to reveal new echo phenomena and formation mechanisms.The relationship between radar parameters and atmospheric physical processes also need to be examined.Based on the NUIST CDP radar,a squall line in the Yangtze and Huaihe River basin that occurred from July 30 to 31,2014 is analyzed.The results show that polarization parameters have obvious advantages in the characteristics analysis of size,phase state,shape and orientation of the water condensate particles.The phase states of water condensate particles in convection cell can be distinguished through comparative discussion.Several phase states exist in the squall line,including small,medium and large raindrops,melting hails,dry hails and ice crystal particles and the Z_(DR)column can be used to identify the location of the main updraft.In addition,the polarization parameters are more sensitive to the melting layer.The gust front is presented as a narrow linear echo in Z affected by strong turbulence.It is an obvious velocity convergence line in V and approximately 0.70 inρ_(HV).The Z_(DR)can be used as a criterion to distinguish the horizontal and vertical scale of turbulence.The deforming turbulence,which is affected by environmental airflow,will cause an abnormally high Z_(DR)in the gust front and a negative Z_(DR)before and after the gust front.The variation of Z_(DR)depends on the turbulence arrangement,orientation and relative position between turbulence and radar.These dual polarization parameter characteristics offer insights into understanding the structure and evolution of the squall line.

The scattering mechanism of squall lines with C-Band dual polarization radar.Part Ⅱ:the mechanism of an abnormal ZDR echo in clear air based on the parameterization of turbulence deformation

In part I,the clear air echo in front of the squall line is caused by turbulence diffraction,which makes the Z_(DR) echo characteristics different from particle scattering.To study the turbulence deformation phenomenon that is affected by environmental wind,the turbulence-related method is used to analyze the characteristics of three-dimensional turbulence energy spectrum density,and the parametric model of turbulence integral length scale and environmental wind speed is established.The results show that the horizontal scale of turbulence is generally larger than the vertical scale.The turbulence is nearly isotropic in the horizontal direction,presenting a flat ellipsoid with the vertical orientation of the rotation axis when there is no horizontal wind or the horizontal velocity is small.When horizontal wind exists,the turbulence scale increases along the dominant wind direction.The turbulence scale is positively correlated with the wind speed.The power function is used to fit the relationships of turbulence integral length scale and horizontal wind speed,which obtains the best fitting effect,and the goodness of fit(GF)is above 0.99 in each direction.The deforming turbulence can cause 8-9 dB Z_(DR) anomalies in the echo of dual polarization radar,which the ratio of scales in the dominant wind and the vertical direction of deforming turbulence(L_(u)/L_(w))is around 4.3.The variation in Z_(DR) depends on the turbulence shape,orientation and the relative position between turbulence and radar.The shape of turbulence derived from radar detection results is consistent with that of the parametric model,which can provide a parametric scheme for turbulence research.The results reveal the mechanism of abnormal Z_(DR) echo caused by deforming turbulence.